James L. Wells

[2] James L. Wells was born in West Farms, which was then a town in Westchester County, on December 16, 1843.

[3] In 1874, West Farms was part of the Bronx District which was annexed by New York County and became the 23rd and 24th Wards.

In June 1895, he was appointed by Mayor William L. Strong a Commissioner of Taxes and Assessments to fill the unexpired term of John Whalen until 1899.

He was president of the North Side Board of Trade,[7] a director of the Twenty-third Ward Bank, a trustee of the Dollar Savings Bank, and president of the Real Estate Auctioneers' Association of New York City.

Charles C. Harriman, Rector of St. Ann's Church in The Bronx, in 1908, and died three years later aged 23.